A surge in iShares ETF interest from financial advisers and US investors has produced a record £182 billion in new inflows for the company in 2017.

The Canada Life Group has completed its acquisition of rival provider Retirement Advantage.

The fast-growing Financial Planning group AFH has appointed Ellie Hopton as a financial adviser.

Standard Life’s Financial Planning division 1825 is to acquire Cumberland Place Financial Management in London, a Chartered Financial Planning firm with assets under advice of £400m.

Wealth manager Smith and Williamson has hired Nick Murphy as head of charities for its investment management and banking division.

Bristol-based investment provider and wealth manager Hargreaves Lansdown has revealed that the number of people saving into ISAs with the firm has risen by 40% since January 2016.

Research by Scottish Widows has revealed that people can save up to £9,853 more a year in retirement if they cut back on ‘little luxuries.’ 

The FCA has warned that fraudsters are using a cloned version of Vanguard Asset Management as a front to try and cheat investors.

An investment research company has called on the FCA to intervene in the fund management market to halt a precipitous decline in research pricing post-MiFID II and to avoid “ultra-low research pricing.”

Legal & General Investment Management has launched the L&G European Equity Income Fund, a UK domiciled unit trust.